The identities and stories of these women in 180 photos released by Los Angeles police on Thursday are unknown.

What they do have in common, however, is that they appear in photos, undeveloped film and home movies seized from the home of Lonnie Franklin Jr., who police believe is the Grim Sleeper, the South Los Angeles serial killer linked to the deaths of 10 women dating back to 1985.

The city’s furlough program, designed to offset a $320 million shortfall this fiscal year, has saved $17.3 million so far and is on a pace to shave $69.2 million off the deficit by June 30. Daily News

But City Controller Wendy Greuel, who released the estimates Thursday as part of her review of city spending, cautioned that more savings might be needed.

“These savings certainly help in reducing the city’s budget deficit,” Greuel wrote in a memo to Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and the City Council. “However, furloughs will continue to be a short-term solution to the long-term structural problems that the city is facing.”

It might take months before an NFL team actually agrees to move to Los Angeles, but if one eventually does the company pushing a new downtown stadium insists it will be ready to accommodate them. Vince Bonsignotre in the Daily News.

And they will do it within budget, and in time to host a Super Bowl as early as 2016.

That was the message Anschutz Entertainment Group sent Wednesday at a news conference to announce the three architectural finalists to design and build their proposed Los Angeles Events Center next to Staples Center.

After an intense behind-the-scenes lobbying effort, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Wednesday blocked an effort to have voters decide whether the City Council should have more power over the Department of Water and Power. Daily News.

Only seven council members voted to override Villaraigosa’s veto of a ballot measure giving the council shared authority with the mayor to remove the DWP general manager or commissioners.

Last week, the council voted to put the measure on the March 8 ballot on a 10-1 vote, the exact two-thirds threshold needed to overturn the mayoral veto that was issued only a few hours later.